Insider scores: Kell Brook MD 12 Shawn Porter

Now the IBF welterweight titlist, Brook (33-0, 22 knockouts) won by scores of 116-112 and 117-111 on the cards of judges Adalaide Byrd (Nevada) and Max De Luca (California), respectively, with Dave Parris (England) scoring the bout even at 114-114.

Kell Brook, 117-111:.The only deterrent would be the constant clinching and mauling but Shawn Porter was largely ineffective, even when more active. Kell Brook’s cleaner punches far outweighed Porter’s aggression in most rounds. No rematch, please.

I scored it for Kell Brook, 115-113. Brook was simply able to do more things, relying on his jab early, movement in the middle rounds and combinations late. Shawn Porter’s only answer was aggression. Without a stoppage, that wasn’t enough.

I scored it 117-111 for Kell Brook. The last 10 seconds of the final round told the truth of the fight and it was written all over the dejected face of Shawn Porter after the final bell.

Evidently, the British judge tried too hard to appear impartial by scoring it dead even. That fight was no draw. Brook clearly defeated Shawn Porter and had him in boxing checkmate as early as the sixth. Precision punching trumps ineffective aggression.

I thought it was a lot closer than the judges had it. In my book, Shawn Porter won a razor-thin decision, landed more shots on the inside – unlike Marcos Maidana, who missed a lot against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Kell Brook was effective at long range but did not do enough to win so convincingly. I think that 114-114 would have been fair and for me, it would have been 114-113 for Porter because of a point deduction [for holding.]